the catholic church of - St. Mark`s Catholic Church

Easter Sunday
March 27, 2016
Saint Mark
THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH OF
Mission Statement
1505 Kempsville Rd. • Virginia Beach, VA 23464-7201
Rooted in the Word...Nourished by the Sacraments
Guided by the Holy Spirit....We, the people of
St. Mark, are united in our desire to serve those
who are in need, to give our gifts and talents
to build the Kingdom of God by
imaging Jesus Christ.
Phone: 757-479-1010 • Fax: 757-479-9453
Website: www.stmarkvirginiabeach.org
Parish Office Hours
Monday–Thursday: 9 am–3 pm
Friday: 9 a.m.–1 pm
Established
1978
LITURGY SCHEDULE
Saturday: 5:30 p.m. • Sunday: 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday & Thursday: 8:30 a.m. • Wednesday: 7:00 p.m.
Check inside bulletin for possible changes.
Nursery available for all weekend Masses.
PARISH STAFF
Rev. Anthony Mpungu ..................................... Pastor
[email protected]
Michael Johnson & John Kren......................Deacons
Mike Johnson ............................... Pastoral Associate
Mary Ellen Cussen ...................... Parish Bookkeeper
Anne Polli ........................................ Parish Secretary
[email protected]
Michael K. Williams ......................... Director of Music
Laura Ishmael .................................................. Pianist
Marlene Games ........................... Nursery Supervisor
Brian Gridley ...................... Maintenance Coordinator
Damien Morant ...........................................Custodian
Becky Schnekser ....................... Parish Council Chair
[email protected]
RELIGIOUS FORMATION STAFF
Carlene Clark............ Director of Religious Formation
Fe Guzman ......... Coordinator of Religious Formation
Jennifer Wagner ........ Religious Formation Secretary
Margie Russell .............. Adult Formation Coordinator
Sue Kassel ................ Children’s Church Coordinator
Jan Kilb ......................................................... Librarian
RELIGIOUS FORMATION OFFICE HOURS
Sunday: 9:30a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Phone: 757-479-9897 • Fax: 757-479-9453
Email: [email protected]
BAPTISM: Celebrated the 1st weekend of the
month. Contact Religious Formation Office for
Baptism classes prior to the Sacrament.
MATRIMONY: Couples required to give 6 months
notice before planning a wedding in the Parish.
Please do not set date before contacting the Priest.
MINISTRY TO THE SICK & HOMEBOUND: If you
know someone who cannot attend Mass or desires a
visit or the Sacrament of Anointing, call the Office.
RECONCILIATION: Celebrated 1st and 3rd
Saturday of the month at 4:00 p.m.
COLUMBARIUM: Parishioners interested in
procuring a Columbarium niche, call the Parish Office.
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Happy Easter to you! Every year we celebrate Easter The Resurrection of the Lord - as the most important day in
our lives as Christians and Catholic as such. Today is the
greatest day which we can refer to as a Solemnity. There
would be no Christianity if there were no Easter. This day is
the heart and soul of Christian living, and it is where our faith
finds meaning because when Jesus died, it was never heard
of that someone rose from the dead.
So Jesus did rise from the dead thus fulfilling what He
said. That was big news! This day brings joy and new life to
us believers.
The Gospel of today narrates the episode of the empty
tomb as a sign of Jesus’ resurrection to life. After Mary Magdalene experiences the risen Christ, she runs back to the Disciples, proclaiming, “I have seen the Lord!” She encouraged
them to set out because what she was telling them was the
truth.
To all of us the question is, “do we believe that Jesus is
truly risen?” Can we be able to see wonders in our lives like
Peter, John and Paul saw? When we experience the new life,
it is our duty to share it with others like Mary did.
The celebration of Easter reminds us that we have the
duty to preach this Good News to others through our words
and actions. May the Holy Spirit give us the courage and
strength. Happy Easter!
Gluten-free Hosts are available for those at weekend Liturgy
who have a gluten allergy. Before Mass, please notify one of our
Key Ministers at the lectern in the Commons, and they will ensure
our Presider is aware and place the host in a separate container
prior to Mass.
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Volunteers with the Samaritan Ministry are available to visit
the sick or homebound from the Parish. Visits can be made to
the home, hospital or nursing home. Please call the Parish Office
at 479-1010 to request a visit.
For additional information regarding the Ministry, please
contact Ann-Marie Cochran at 621-0699.
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“The Lord is truly risen!’ Are you being called to proclaim the
truth of the Lord’s resurrection as a priest, deacon, religious sister
or brother?
Contact Fr. Michael G. Boehling, Vicar for Vocations, at 804359-5661 or [email protected].
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Donuts will return to the Great Hall the Sunday after Easter
with a CHANGE! Each donut will cost $1, and exact change is
appreciated. This will hopefully enable more people to obtain a
donut after each Mass. Thank you.
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Tue
03/29
8:30 a.m.
NO WEEKDAY MASS
Wed
03/30
8:30 a.m.
NO WEEKDAY MASS
Thu
03/31
7:00 p.m.
NO WEEKDAY MASS
Sat
04/02
5:30 p.m.
Antonio & Agapipa Barretto†
Sun
04/03
8:30 a.m.
Mary Ann Roberts†
Cris Fernandez†
Leoncio Martires, Sr.†
Juanita Tan†
10:30 a.m.
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Weekday Mass will not be celebrated Tuesday, March 29,
Wednesday, March 30, and Thursday, March 31.
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Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
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Becky Plate, Janet Burrows, J. McCormack, Nancy Tennin,
Dick Guevin, Jason Manuel, Jack Ferri, Belle Guerrero, Pat Kahara, Christopher Anthony, Euleteria Santos, Lloy Santos,
Sharon Modglin, Billy Byrd
Names will remain on the Prayer List for one month, after
which they will be entered into the Parish Book of Intercessions,
the intentions of which are prayed for each weekend during all
the Masses.
Sat
Sun
PARISH & RF OFFICES CLOSED
10:00 a.m. Food Pantry
PARISH & RF OFFICES CLOSED
6:00 a.m. Men of St. Joseph Gathering
8:30 a.m. NO WEEKDAY MASS
PARISH & RF OFFICES CLOSED
10:00 a.m. Food Pantry
7:00 p.m. NO WEEKDAY MASS
7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal
PARISH & RF OFFICES CLOSED
8:30 a.m. NO WEEKDAY MASS
PARISH & RF OFFICES CLOSED
9:30 a.m. Moms Group
Small Group Gathering
10:00 a.m. Food Pantry
7:00 p.m. First Friday Rosary
7:30 p.m. Knights of Columbus Meeting
4:00 p.m. Reconciliation
5:30 p.m. SUNDAY MASS
8:30 a.m. SUNDAY MASS
10:30 a.m. SUNDAY MASS
11:45 a.m. Youth-Teen Choir Rehearsal
12:00 p.ml Cherub Choir Rehearsal
12:30 p.m. Family Model Religious Formation
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If you have borrowed a Pyx to take Communion to someone who is sick or homebound, please remember to return it to
the Sacristy.
We will go out to lunch the month of April to the Outback
Steakhouse in the Kemps River Shopping Center, 1255 Fordham
Drive, Virginia Beach (523-4832) on Friday, April 8, at 12:30 p.m.
Please RSVP to Sandy Barczak, 963-8598 by Monday, April 4.
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We invite you to join this wonderful group where moms
support other moms in personal and spiritual growth. We meet
Friday morning at 9:30 a.m., and babysitting is provided. Moms
at any stage of mothering are welcome from expectant to
experienced! For more information, contact Kelley Van Dyke at
575-6934.
This week the Food Pantry is asking for donations of
Spaghetti Sauce.
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Religious Formation Office will be closed the week of
March 27 and will reopen April 4.
A Biblical Walk Through the Mass: Based on the revised
translation of the Mass, this 5-part program by Dr. Edward Sri
takes participants on an exciting tour of the Liturgy as it explores
the Biblical roots of the words and gestures we experience at
Mass and explains their profound significance. See, perhaps for
the first time, why we say what we say and do what we do every
week at Mass. The words and gestures will be seen in a new
light, giving new life to the Liturgical experience.
We will have 2 studies available: Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.,
starting April 5; or Thursday, 7:00 p.m., starting April 21. Space is
limited in each study.
Study materials are $22, and
preregistration is required to participate. Register online through
our website or in the Religious Formation Office.
Join a Small Group for 6 weeks to discuss My Badass Book
of Saints: Courageous Women Who Showed Me How to Live by
Maria Morera Johnson! Explore the qualities of 24 holy women
who lived lives of virtue in unexpected and often difficult
circumstances. Learn about their bravery, integrity, selflessness,
perseverance, and hope and how this can help us have courage
to reach for a closer connection to God.
We will have 2 groups, starting the week of April 10:
Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. or Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Each group is
limited to 8 people. Book is $10, and preregistration is required to
participate. Register online through our website or in the
Religious Formation Office.
The Men of St. Joseph: What a different world it would be
if more men dedicated themselves to holiness and embraced their
role as their family’s spiritual leader. What if your parish and
community was full of men like this? When a man chooses to
“put the family in the hands of the Father,” he is not only seeking
holiness for himself ad his family, but also his larger family, his
friends, parish and community. Who better to look to than Jesus
Christ, our Lord? And, who better to journey with than the other
men of our parish?
Men of St. Joseph offers a weekly opportunity for men to
gather for group prayer; to seek to know what Christ asks of us by
reading and discussing the upcoming Sunday Gospel reading;
and at one meeting per month, to discuss topics of the Catholic
faith that are of interest to the group.
All men are invited to join us Tuesday mornings at 6:00 a.m.
in the Great Hall! For more information or to sign up, contact Rob
Clark at [email protected].
Small Group for Rediscover Catholicism will meet on
Friday mornings at 9:30 a.m. in the back classroom beginning
April 1. Contact Janet Waltz at [email protected] for more
information.
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Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat will be held April 8 - 10 at Shalom
House Retreat Center in Montpelier, Virginia, for women and men
who have known regret, sorrow, guilt, or shame from abortion.
The weekend combines living Scripture meditations, spiritual
exercises, and discussions in guided process that leads to the
heart of God’s love and compassion.
If you would like to learn more about this Retreat, contact
Marty Montgomery-Jennings at 804-704-0429 or Maggie Carlson
at 804-432-2589 or email [email protected].
Inquiries,
registration and participation are strictly confidential. Visit their
website at www.rachelsvineyard.org.
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End of the year Tax Reports are now available. Once again
you have the option of having your statement mailed to your
home or sent via email.
If you choose to receive your 2015 statement in the mail,
drop a stamped, self-addressed envelope in the box labeled “Tax
Statements” located in the Commons next to the Parish Office
door.
If you choose email, please send your request to
[email protected]. Be sure to include your name,
address and envelope number in the email.
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The weekend of April 2/3, the Knights of Columbus will have
an information table in the Great Hall after each Mass. The
Knights of Columbus is a family, fraternal, charitable organization
that supports the Catholic Church.
If you have any questions about who we are, what we do,
member benefits, or how to become a Knight, please stop by and
pick up some literature or talk to one of the members at the table.
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If you are leaving our Parish, moving out of the area, have
changed your address or phone number, please give us a call at
479-1010 or email [email protected] and let us know
so that we may update our records. Your cooperation with this
request will be greatly appreciated.
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Notice the Year of Mercy Wall in the Commons? We
encourage everyone (adults, teens and children) to fill out a cross
for Works of Mercy you have performed this year. After
describing your charitable work on the paper cross, either place it
on the burlap or place the cross in the basket, and we will do it for
you. Work at the Food Pantry? Visit the prison? Visit the sick?
Fill out a cross! Let’s paper the Commons with our works of
mercy.
Any questions, contact Jan Bockert at 757-589-1465 or
[email protected]